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Trace the evolution of Western Political Thought from ancient to contemporary period.

  • UPSC 2020
  • 20 marks
  • Western Political Thought

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Western political thought is a 2,500-year argument about a few questions: who should rule, why obey, what justice requires and where freedom lies. Each era answered them under its own crisis, and the focus moved from virtue to salvation, power, consent, class and finally difference.

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  • Ancient and Medieval
  • Modern Foundations
  • The Nineteenth Century
  • The Twentieth Century to Today
  • Limits of the Narrative
  • …and 1 more sections, with a conclusion
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